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Originally Posted by Trezker  Calculus is extremely boring. That's what held me back mostly. I had a very hard time finding it stimulating. I did pass the courses though, barely, I'm lucky to be so talented with logic and math.
All you need to do it stare it down until you realize how stuff works. Repetition and meditation is how you beat the science of math into your head. A mentor that's good at explaining might help too. |
I have to agree.
I didn't really want to say it but calculus does involve quite a bit of work for the results you get. It doesn't seem to me to be the highest expression of mathematics. It gets great results though, once you chug through the work. But I believe it will soon be replaced in science by a more geometric approach.
But calculus is what we have and the best way to learn it is to first get good at arithmetic (FRACTIONS!), then practise algebra, trigonometry... and just get stuck in. Calculus is really quite mechanical - you just need to practise it.